man... i am just figuring out everything for myself, aren't i?

lol, i figured it out, after *much* searching... and I thought I might as well post my solution so these forums are a wealth of good information!

I added:
export http_proxy=http://192.168.0.1:8080/
export ftp_proxy=$http_proxy

to the end of my /ect/profile

the last "/" after the address is important, so if you use it to fill in your own proxy address, keep it!

hope someone finds this useful!